What will happen to the Wilma West Library and archives of the occupational therapy profession?

During the last year, minutes from the Board meetings of the American Occupational Therapy Association indicate that there has been discussion on two matters that have an important impact on the Wilma West Library, home of the collected resources that catalog the history of occupational therapy.Around last year, discussion apparently started getting more specific related to sale of AOTA ' s current building.  In May 2018 the board authorized the (re)allocation of funds necessary to pay off the mortgage on the building and exploration of new sites for the organization ' s operations.  It is unclear if a new location has been identified, but in the recent February 2019 meeting a current board member will provide consultation regarding redesign and build out of the new space, indicating that the process is moving forward.Also noted in the February 2019 minutes is that AOTA will take sole responsibility and ownership for the Wilma West Library, excluding graduate theses and dissertations, effective July 1, 2019.  This motion will now go to the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Board for their consideration.This is interesting, because I believed that the library was a function of AOTF - it is listed as one of their primary activities on their Form 990s.  However, on the AOTA website they indicate that some of the library functions are jointly operated.  It may be that some of the archives technically belong to AOTA but are housed within the AOTF li...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - Category: Occupational Health Tags: history Source Type: blogs